Occupational Therapist | Hospital Rehabilitation Center
🌱 Rooted Insights
🌿 Schedule & Lifestyle: Monday through Friday daytime schedule with every third Saturday.
🌿 Career Growth: New graduates are accepted, offering a pathway into hospital-based occupational therapy.
🌿 Team Environment: Work alongside rehabilitation professionals and support staff in a coordinated care setting.
🌿 Why This Role Stands Out: A broad patient mix and consistent schedule create both clinical variety and stability.
Position Highlights
✔ Location: Upper Cumberland Region of Tennessee
✔ Setting: Hospital rehabilitation center serving inpatient and outpatient needs
✔ Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire | Permanent Placement
✔ Schedule: Days | Monday–Friday and every third Saturday
✔ Compensation: $38.00–$50.00 per hour
✔ Incentives: Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
This full-time occupational therapist role offers the opportunity to help patients regain independence, restore function, and return to meaningful daily activities in a hospital rehabilitation environment. You will complete evaluations, develop individualized treatment plans, and guide patients toward practical short- and long-term goals.
The position supports both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation needs, creating exposure to a broad range of diagnoses and functional challenges. Collaboration with therapy leadership, support staff, patients, families, and the wider care team is central to the role.
A Monday-through-Friday schedule, with every third Saturday, provides consistency while still allowing you to maintain varied clinical experience. Both experienced occupational therapists and qualified new graduates are encouraged to explore the opportunity.
The Upper Cumberland region offers a community-oriented lifestyle, outdoor access, and a comfortable balance between small-city convenience and Tennessee's natural beauty.
What You'll Do
✔ Complete occupational therapy evaluations and identify functional needs
✔ Develop individualized plans of care and measurable treatment goals
✔ Provide skilled interventions that support independence in daily activities
✔ Monitor patient response and modify treatment approaches as needed
✔ Educate patients, families, and caregivers on strategies and recommendations
✔ Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
✔ Collaborate with therapy leadership, support staff, and interdisciplinary teams
✔ Participate in quality-assurance and department-improvement activities
✔ Follow professional, regulatory, safety, and ethical standards
Minimum Qualifications
Required
✔ Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program
✔ Tennessee Occupational Therapist license or eligibility to obtain Tennessee licensure
✔ Ability to read and write English
✔ Strong patient-care, communication, documentation, and teamwork skills
Preferred
·       Doctoral degree in Occupational Therapy is preferred
·       Previous occupational therapy experience is preferred
·       New graduates are welcome and encouraged to apply
Compensation & Benefits
✔ $38.00–$50.00 per hour
✔ Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plan
✔ 401(k) retirement plan
✔ Paid time off (PTO)
✔ Short-term disability bank
✔ Educational classes
✔ Medical insurance
✔ Dental insurance
✔ 529 college savings plan
✔ 457 retirement plan
✔ Optional life insurance
✔ Long-term disability
✔ Cancer expense protection policy
✔ Intensive care policy
✔ Dependent care spending account
✔ Pet insurance
✔ Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates
🌱 Interested?
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🌱 About The Good Soil Staffing Company
The Good Soil Staffing Company specializes exclusively in full-time, direct-hire Allied Health recruitment.
We partner with healthcare organizations across the country to connect exceptional clinicians with meaningful long-term career opportunities. Our approach is built on honest communication, confidential representation, and personalized career guidance throughout your job search.
When you partner with Good Soil, you'll work directly with a recruiter who understands Allied Health careers and is committed to helping you find the right long-term opportunity—not simply your next job.